The European Commission is ready to impose a fine of 2m Euros ($2.5m; £1.4m) a day on Microsoft. The Commission is expected to rule that Microsoft has failed to fully implement its 2004 antitrust decision. Under the ruling, Microsoft had to supply rivals with information about its Windows operating system.

Far be it for me to defend Microsoft, but I think this might be a case of the European Union trying to push an American company around just because they're American. Think about it. If Microsoft has to give away all of the information Europe wants them to, they will be shooting themselves in the foot. What this boils down to is Europe trying to push Microsoft out of Europe. Now that they have the anti-trust ruling, they have something to bully the company with.